OBSERVING STUDENTS’ RESPONSE TOWARD MATERIAL AUTHENTICITY
IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Deilly Ismet Perkasa 112008021
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
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OBSERVING STUDENTS’ RESPONSE TOWARD MATERIAL AUTHENTICITY
IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Deilly Ismet Perkasa 112008021
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
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IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Observing Students’ Response Toward Material Authenticity in Senior High School
Deilly Ismet Perkasa
ABSTRACT
Teaching and learning material is an important aspect to increase the students’ interest, enthusiasm, concentration, and enjoyment in English classroom learning. Since the issue toward material authenticity becomes a debatable issue among scholars and there are still a lot of arguments on how material authenticity is best a pplied, this study was aimed to find out the senior high-school students’ response toward material authenticity. One research question was asked “How is students’ response toward the material authenticity in the level of Senior High School?” Thirty first-grade students of SMA N 1 Salatiga were selected to be the participants of this study. They were taught using both materials, authentic and non-authentic for 4 times. After that, they were asked to fill in the questionnaire (Peacock, 1997) which showed the students’ responses toward both materials, authentic and non-authentic. Then, the data were analyzed based on two different categories proposed by Peacock (ibid.) which covered: (1) overall class interest & enthusiasm and (2) self-reported interest & enthusiasm. The results of the study indicated that the students’ positive responses to authentic (80.55%) and non-authentic (81.46%) materials did not differ significantly
